08. KAMIYODO HAKUHŌ-NO-OKA EXHIBITION HALL (Prefectural Cultural Properies Included)

In this exhibition, there are two sections to visit. The first is the Permanent Exhibition, where you can see 160 archaeological finds from Yodoe. Another is the Annex Building, where you can look at the Buddhist mural and statues that were restored from fragments excavated from the Kamiyodo Haiji.

淀江町内で出土した考古資料約160点を展示した常設展示室と、国史跡上淀廃寺跡で出土した彩色仏教壁画片や塑像を見ることのできるガイダンス塔があります。

 

In the Permanent Exhibition, you can see various artifacts that show the life of people in Yodoe Plain from the Jomon to Asuka Periods. Artifacts include tools, accessories, pottery with some drawings, water bird and deer Haniwa from Idebasami burial mound, Tatemochibito Haniwa (soldier Haniwa figuring with a shield), and so on. Haniwa are unglazed clay figurines that were often made during these periods for ceremonial purposes.

常設展では、縄文時代から飛鳥時代までの淀江での暮らしの一端を知ることが出来る様々な道具や装身具、弥生人が土器に描いた当時の風景や武人の姿、井出鋏古墳（いでばさみ）から出土した水鳥や鹿の埴輪、盾持人埴輪、装飾品などを見ることが出来ます。

 

In the Annex Building, which is filled with Buddhist-related artifacts, you can see the mural restored from 5,400 fragments and three statues that were also restored from excavated pieces such as those for cloth and toes. 

ガイダンス棟では、上淀廃寺で発掘された約5400点もの破片から再現された飛鳥時代の寺院壁画や、衣や足などの破片から原寸大復元された3体の仏像が展示されています。

 

ADMISSION FEES (TAX INCLUDED)

ご利用料金 (税込、一人当たり)

 

• Adult: ￥310 per person  (Group: ￥250 per person)

大人 310円、団体250円

 

• High school and college students: ￥160 (group: ￥100)

高校生〜大学生 160円、団体100円

 

※Free admission for under junior high school student age

※中学生以下は無料です。

 

※Group is 15 people or more

※団体は15名以上です。

 

※Disabled person and their assistant: free of charge.

※障がい者及びその介護者1名は無料です。

 

Open: 9:30 AM–6:00 PM (Last admission by 5:30 PM)

開館時間：午前9時30分から午後6時（入館は午後5時30分まで）

 

Closed: Every Tuesday (Next day if Tuesday is the national holiday), New Year’s holiday season (from 12/29 to 1/03)

休館日：毎週火曜日（祝日の場合はその翌日）、年末年始 12月29日から1月3日

 

【年代（ねんだい）】

Paleolithic Period to Asuka/Hakuho  Period　旧石器時代（きゅうせっきじだい）～飛鳥・白鳳時代（あすか・はくほうじだい）

About 12000 to 1300 years ago　約 12000 年前～1300 年前

【Correct Answer】S. Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture (奈良の法隆寺)

 

An abundance of mural pieces was found in the Kondo Building in Kamiyodo Haiji. It was discovered in later years that this mural was as old as the one in the Kondo Building of Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture.

上淀廃寺の金堂跡からは、奈良の法隆寺金堂壁画と並ぶ我が国最古の寺院壁画が出土しました。

 

Horyuji Temple is a World Heritage site designated national treasure and important cultural property because of the Kondo Building, Five-story Tower, Shaka-Sansonzo statues (depicting Prince Shotoku from the 6th century), and more. Especially the mural in the Kondo Building has also been registered as the nation’s important cultural property.

世界遺産 法隆寺は、金堂や五重塔、堂内内陣の聖徳太子の姿を写した釈迦三尊像をはじめ諸仏も国宝や重要文化財に指定されており、法隆寺金堂壁画は国の重要文化財に指定されています。

 

Founded in the 7th century, Horyuji Temple is a Buddhist facility that conveys the appearance of an ancient temple to the present day. It is also associated with Prince Shotoku. 

法隆寺は7世紀に創建され、古代寺院の姿を現在に伝える仏教施設であり、聖徳太子ゆかりの寺院です。

 

It is estimated that the temple was built in 607AD based on the information on the Kondo Yakushi Nyorai statue and the Jogu Shotoku Hoo Teisetsuand (a biography about Prince Shotoku).

創建は金堂薬師如来像光背銘、『上宮聖徳法王帝説』から推古15年（607年）とされています。

 

The Kondo murals were created in the latter half of the 7th century to the beginning of the 8th century.

金堂壁画の制作年代は7世紀後半～8世紀初めと推定されています。

 

Three Tatemochi Haniwa in Kamiyodo Hakuho-no-Oka Exhibit Hall have the shape of a human head on the square shield.

These were excavated from Tsunoda Ruin. 

上淀白鳳の丘展示館に展示してある角田遺跡出土の盾持人埴輪は、盾に人間の頭を付けたような形をしています。

 

Two of them have crowns on their head and tattoos on their face.

展示館にある３体の盾持人埴輪のうち２体は、頭に冠をかぶり、顔に入れ墨を入れています。

 

In contrast, one of them has a topknot instead of a crown and no tattoos.

もう一つは、冠の代わりに髷があり、顔には入れ墨がありません。

 

It is said that these differences represent their classes.

これは、階級の差を表していると言われています。